kapitán

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See also: kapitan and Kapitän

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kapitán (“deputy of a king”), from Middle High German kapitān, from Medieval Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput.

Pronunciation

Noun

kapitán m anim

  1. captain

Declension

Declension of kapitán (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative kapitán kapitáni
genitive kapitána kapitánů
dative kapitánovi, kapitánu kapitánům
accusative kapitána kapitány
vocative kapitáne kapitáni
locative kapitánovi, kapitánu kapitánech
instrumental kapitánem kapitány

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Further reading

  • “kapitán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “kapitán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “kapitán”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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